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- ↑ Details of original production Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine at AusStage
- ↑ "DRAMA FESTIVAL". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 8 August 1938. p. 10. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ Betty Roland biography Archived 2009-06-27 at the Library of Congress Web Archives accessed 28 January 2013
- ↑ "Music and Drama Women Rule On Broadway". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 5 April 1947. p. 9. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Australian woman Playwrights succeed". The Daily News . Perth: National Library of Australia. 1 September 1938. p. 10 Edition: CITY FINAL. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Radio plays for next week", ABC Weekly, 19 (4), Sydney, 26 January 1957, archived from the original on 30 December 2023, retrieved 21 December 2023– via Trove